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Under Attack

City Paper has learned that cuts implemented under Corbett have had a far deeper impact on almost every service the state provides to Philadelphians - including education; health care for the poor and disabled; welfare; food stamps; and support services for victims of domestic violence, the disabled and the homeless - than has previously been reported.

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Posted: Thu, Feb. 9, 2012, 12:00 AM

Under Attack

Dispatches from Tom Corbett's war on Philly.

Daniel Denvir

City Paper

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